Best of Luck Nikki


Best of Luck Nikki is an Indian sitcom, premiered on 3 April 2011 on Disney Channel India. The series is an adaptation of the American series Good Luck Charlie, with a plot that is similar to the American version.
The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who aimed to create a program that would appeal to all the members of a family rather than simply to children and teens. It revolves around a family, the Singhs, as they try to adjust to the birth of their fourth child, Nikki.
In each episode, Dolly Singh, the character of the older sister, creates a video blog diary containing advices for Nikki about 'surviving' their family and life as a teenager. Dolly tries to show Nikki what she might go through in the diary so she will always know how to figure things out. In the third season of the show, Nikki's younger sibling Bobby is born.

Plot

The series revolves around the Singh family in Delhi, who are adjusting to the birth of their fourth child, Nikita, or Nikki. When parents Himani and Avatar Singh return to work, they ask their three older children to help raise their youngest sister. Dolly, Rohan, and Sunny, do so while dealing with typical challenges faced by teenagers. The events that unfold in each episode become material for a video diary series Dolly is making, which she hopes will one day provide useful advice for Nikki when Dolly will move out. At the end of each video, she says, "Best of luck, Nikki!".
Season 1 revolves around a studious Dolly, whose life revolves around her crush Ritesh, and get adventures with her best friend, Parminder or Pam. A notorious Sunny keeps challenging the nosy neighbour Roli aunty, while Rohan and his best friend Popi work on their band and try to impress girls. Himani has just joined work after a maternity break, and Avtaar is busy with his electronics business.
Season 2 shows Dolly dating her childhood nemesis Rahul, and Pam starts dating Rahul's best friend Jatin. Sunny has also started dating and tries to impress some of his classmates while maintaining his constant pranks, Rohan and Popi prepare to begin college, while Himani and Avtaar struggle with a growing Nikki and their work.
Season 3 follows all the children who have now grown up, and Himani who is pregnant again with a boy, who they later name Bobby. Avtaar is busy with work, while Sunny still juggles between getting caught for his pranks, and high school problems. Dolly is now dating the football captain Ayaan, and Rohan experiments with his career choices at college. Nikki gets enrolled in a playschool, and they all help with raising Bobby. The season ends with Avtaar mistakenly setting loose an exotic termite in the house, which breaks the house down, and the Singh family has to move out.
Season 4 was released after a long wait, and all the characters had aged. While Avtaar struggles to arrange their older house, and keeps the family in a one-room flat till he does so, Rohan and Popi move out to their own flat. Rohan has joined culinary school, while Dolly begins interning with her father and pursues journalism as well. She starts dating her father's assistant Avishkaar, while Sunny starts dating Roli aunty's granddaughter Riya. The season ends with Himani pregnant again.

Cast and characters

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Series overview

For the first two seasons, episodes of Best of Luck Nikki were similar to the episodes of Good Luck Charlie. Following that, the series used different combinations of plot lines in its episodes. For example, episode 86 of Best of Luck Nikki has parts from three different Good Luck Charlie episodes: "Study Buddy", "Doppel Date", and "Teddy's Choice".
The episodes aired are 20 to 25 minutes in duration. Extended versions of 30 to 35 minutes were made available on YouTube.

Season 1 (2011)

Season one of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on 3 April 2011 with the episode "Study Date". The season ended with the airing of the "Happy Holi!" special on 8 March 2012.
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Season 2 (2012)

The second season of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on 3 June 2012 with the episode "Let's Potty". The season ended with the airing of "Happy New Year!" on 1 January 2013.
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Season 3 (2013)

The third season of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on 7 July 2013 with the episode "Make Room for Baby". The season ended with the airing of "All Fall Down" on 8 December 2013.
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Season 4 (2015–2016)

A first look at Best of Luck Nikki season four was revealed in the Goldie Ahuja Matric Pass crossover episode "Happy Father's Day!". Season four of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on 2 August 2015 at 10 a.m. and was slightly different from Good Luck Charlie as Himani was shown pregnant with a sixth child. Gurdip Kohli was actually pregnant while shooting season four and the cast and crew revealed that they took special care of her while shooting. Season four aired on 2 August 2015 with "Singh's Dream House" and concluded on 20 April 2016 with "Final Project".
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